The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-29
WHEELING VEST OCTOBER 40 1887
ANARCHISTS COUNSEL

ANARCHISTS COUNSEL
DEFoRE THE SUPREME COURT
Tho Arguments Ysaterday-Bsn Dutler'l
Rambling Talk-.Gsnsral Impression that
tho writof Error VIII Not be a.auted.
| Condemned Mon Dependent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. When tho
United States Supreme Court convened al
noon to-day, there was not quite 60 large
an attendance Of membsrs OF the bar aa
yesterday, but tho seats provided for spec.
tatols were all filled. ~
Mr.. Grnuell, addressing the Court,
said that 1t had not been his intention to
take part In the oral argument, and that
he came here primarily for the purpose Of
assisting Mr.. Hunt by means Of his lamil.
iarlty with the record Of the case. He
thought that by the presentation OF the
law and the facts yesterday, 1t was clearly
shown that there was no fsderaal question
involved, aud that the court was without
jurisdiction to grant the writ of error
The assignments Of error in tho lower
Court, and the parts OF tho record relative
to the jurors' Deuksr and Sanford, had
been printed and were In the Courts
hands. In all tho twenty.eight assign.
ments Of errofa there was no reference,
directly or indirectly, to the Constitution
OF the United States, or any OF ita amend.
nents. This Court had settled, be be.
lteved, the question Of jurisdiction, as far
as tho first ten amendments are concerned,
and also, be thought, under the Four.
teenth amendment. The only clause 81
the latter which could figure here wss
that mo Slate shall deprive any person
OF life, liberty or property, without due
process Of law" Whatever affects liberty
and lifs is made by this clause to aGec.
also property. 81
TRIBUTE TO THE JURY. ,H
Speaking Of the jury as a whole, Mr.,
arinnell aaidi II wish, and ! am con.
strained to pay one tribute to that jury,
It exemplifed American citizenship in
this country more than any jury that was
ever looked upon. It embraced all walks
Of lille. They were not class jury. They
we're honest citizens with thelsolemn duty
devolving upon them Of determining what
should be done with those men. No
judge could look in the face Of that jury
without saying: They are intelligent;
they represent American citizenship they
are fit to be trusted with the rights Of free
men undor our Constitution There was
not capitalist on that jury. They were
all commonplace, small dealers, and in.
tell:eent men.n aa
He thon recited at length the clrcun-
stances OF the bomb throwing in the Hay
market, the search Of the Arbeiler Zeitung
office, the prying open Of Spies dssk, the
finding OF dynamite and letters there, the
breaking open Of Linge's domicile, and
the finding In bis trunk of dynamite
bombs precisely like the one thrown.
at the conclusion of Mr.. Grinnell's or.
gumens, which had occupied less than
half the time to which he was entitled,
Geuelai butlof rose. i7r
aEN sUTLIR's ARGUMENT. 7'5a.
General Iutler said that he would state
the poipts Of contention, aud il lie stated
them wrongly, he wanted to be corrected
"by any gentleman who did not advocate
the right to steal, men, and to steal their
papers"
After describing what happened pre-.
yious to the Haymarket meeting, he said:
"At that meeting bomb was thro gn by
eomebody for some purpose, and there ia
not one word in those 5000 pages OF eyi-
dence 70 BhoY tAet any one Of these men
had anything to do with throwing that
bomb. There we're but two Of these men
within milee OF that meeting and one had
his wife and two little children in the
very came place almost whero that bomb
was lighted. Its explosion killed single
policeman and within few daya all Of
these men were arrested without warrants,
committed to jail and held there without
examination Ahd without process, until
they were indicted by grand jury.
And to describe simple crime, il crime
1t was, the States Attorney had to draw
an indictment of si&ty-nine oounts. Dur
ing the trial the Judge allowed questions
to be asked with regard to conspiracy,
although in all the sixty.nine counts Of
the indictment there was no conspiracy
alleged. Alter great deal Of rambling
talk about the composition Of the fury,
dissatisfaction with the record, lack Of
time Tor preparation, the sentencing OF the
prisoners In their ab5enGs and that OF
the counsel, tbs injustice done them by
"unroaaonable search and seizure etc..
Gen. Butler said that If all these things
could be done, the question was to be
debated whether the Government would
not be little better II it were overturned
into Sn 4narchY thGp II 1t we're to bs
carried on in this fashion,
5s f HIS INDIVIDUALITY. m
II have no faar.n he asid Uof ha;no